Round 2: Storied Francisco Brown VS Saboteur Paul Cooper

March 19th, 2011

Francisco Brown won his Round 1 Match with an aggressive Fabled Deck focused on Fabled Ragin. This round, the Philadelphia Duelist will square off against Kansas City’s Paul Cooper. Cooper is running a Deck Destruction strategy, and with so many discard-activated effects, this Match could get complicated fast! (Remember, having 0 Life Points isn’t the only way to lose a Duel. If you can’t draw a card when you’re required to, you lose. This is what a Deck Destruction strategy tries to force the opponent to do.)Cooper opened the Match with GoldSarcophagus, removing MorphingJar from his Deck to claim it 2 turns later. He passed with an empty field. (Morphing Jar’s Flip Effect forces both players to discard their hands and draw 5 new cards.)

Brown had a hand of MorphingJar; Glow-Up Bulb; LonefireBlossom; FabledGrimro; FabledKrus; and DarkHole. He Set DarkHole, Set Jar, and ended.

Cooper passed again.

Brown drew another Kushano. He Sumoned it, discarded FabledGrimro to use her effect, and got FabledKrus from his Deck! “Are you serious! Wow!” Cooper was surprised, and was concerned about the possibility of Darkworld monsters. He was even more surprised when Brown Flip Summoned MorphingJar! Brown discarded FabledKrus; Glow-Up; Lonefire; and Kushano, getting a new hand of Scapegoat; NecroGardna; 2 Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter; and FabledSoulkius. He Special Summoned Grimro with Krus’ effect. On the other side of the table Cooper discarded MagicalStoneExcavation, 2 MagicalMallet, BookofEclipse, CardDestruction, and A Feather of the Phoenix to get a new hand. Brown discarded Soulkius to return Kushano to his hand with her effect, then discarded Kushano and NecroGardna to Special Summon Soulkius. He Tuned Kushano to Grimro to Synchro Summon AncientSacredWyvern. He then sent CardTrooper from the top of his Deck to Special Summon Glow-Up Bulb. He attacked with Glow-Up Bulb first, and Cooper responded with SwiftScarecrow to end the Battle Phase, dodging the bullet. Brown Set Scapegoat to finish out. (Fabled Soulkius can be Special Summoned from the Graveyard by sending 2 cards in your hand to the Graveyard.)

Cooper added MorphingJar to his hand. He activated UpstartGoblin to draw a card, then cleared the field with GiantTrunade. He Set MorphingJar, Set a Spell or Trap, and activated Book of Taiyou to flip MorphingJar! Both Duelists got new hands yet again. Another Upstart got Cooper another draw, and BookofEclipse put everything face-down. Cooper had 4 cards left in hand and shook his head a moment, searching his Graveyard and trying to figure out his next move. He flipped his Set Book of Taiyou, flipping Brown’s MorpingJar, and once again digging through both Decks by another 5 cards. He Set 2 more cards to his back row, and used BookofMoon to flip down Brown’s Jar. He discarded his last 2 cards to get back Eclipse with MagicalStoneExcavation, then counted both Decks: he had 15 cards left to Brown’s 17. He ended his turn, and book of Eclipse resolved, flipping Brown’s monsters face-up: he drew 4 cards; MorphingJar’s effect activated; and Cooper Chained another Eclipse. Brown Special Summoned FabledRaven with Krus’ effect, and was the forced to draw discard, and draw some more. With his deck empty there was nothing Brown could do: he couldn’t draw next turn, so he conceded the first Duel. (Book of Eclipse flips all monsters on the field face-down, then flips all the opponent’s monsters back face-up during the End Phase and makes them drew 1 card for each.)

A strong opening for Francisco Brown turns into a nightmare as Paul Cooper grinds away Brown’s Deck card by card for the win! Both Duelists went for their Side Decks before starting Duel 2.

Brown opened with 2 Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter; 2 EffectVeiler; FabledGrimro; and RoyalDecree. He Set Decree and Ryko. Those Veilers were going to be pretty stellar here.

Cooper removed MorphingJar with GoldSarcophagus just as he did in the first Duel. He sent his remaining 4 cards back to his deck with MagicalMallet, and got another draw with UpstartGoblin. PotofDuality then revealed CardDestruction, another Duality, and another Upstart: he added Upstart to his hand. That got him another draw, and he Set a monster.

Brown drew Level Eater. He Flip Summoned Ryko to destroy Cooper’s face-down DeepDiver, sending LevelEater, Krus, and LonefireBlossom to his Graveyard. He attacked for 200 Battle Damage and Set his second Ryko.

Cooper activated Mallet next turn, keeping 1 card and shuffling 2 back to his deck for 2 more draws. He had no followup.

Brown drew GiantTrunade, Summoned LevelEater, and attacked with that and Ryko. He Set Trunade.

Cooper drew to 4 cards in hand, and claimed MorphingJar from his ‘removed zone’. He passed.

Brown drew LonefireBlossom. He Summoned it and Tributed it to Special Summon Spore from his Deck. He Tuned it to LevelEater; Synchro Summoned FormulaSynchron; and drew ChainDisappearance. He then removed LonefireBlossom to Special Summon Spore, and Tuned it to Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter for Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier. Brionac attacked and Brown Set another Spell or Trap, before reducing Brionac’s level to Special Summon Level Eater in Defense Position.

Cooper Set a monster and ended.

Brown drew a third Ryko. He discarded it to bounce away Cooper’s Set monster, then Tuned FormulaSynchron to his Level 5 Brionac to Synchro Summon AncientSacredWyvern. It hit the field with 6400 ATK, and when Brown went to attack Cooper stopped the Battle Phase with SwiftScarecrow.

Cooper drew to 6 cards. He Set a monster, then set 2 cards to his back row before activating Book of Taiyou. When MorphingJar’s effect activated, Brown negated it with EffectVeiler! Cooper attacked LevelEater with the Jar, then discarded A/D Changer for A Feather of the Phoenix in Main Phase 2. That placed Book of Taiyou on top of his deck, and he removed A/D Changer to turn MorphingJar to Defense Positon. Brown flipped RoyalDecree in the End Phase.

GiantTrunade cleared the field; Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter destroyed MorphingJar; and a massive AncientSacredWyvern attacked to end the Duel!

Francisco Brown battles back to take Duel 2, but Paul Cooper would have the advantage of going first in the last Duel of the Match! It was very possible that Cooper could take the Match before Brown could make his moves.

Cooper Set a monster to start the Duel.

Brown had Sangan; FabledRaven; Glow-Up Bulb; FabledKrus; RoyalDecree; and Pot of Avarice. He Set Decree and Avarice, then Summoned Sangan and attacked, hitting Cooper’s Sangan and giving him MorphingJar.

Cooper activated Pot of Duality, revealing BookofTaiyou, UpstartGoblin, and Prohibition from the top of his Deck: he took Taiyou. He activated GiantTrunade to clear Brown’s Spell and Trap Card Zone, then Set 3 cards to his back row plus MorphingJar. He activated Taiyou to trigger Jar’s effect, then Chained BookofMoon to turn MorphingJar face-down again. Brown discarded FabledKrus and used her effect to Special Summon FabledRaven in Defense Position. Cooper discarded A/D Changer for A Feather of the Phoenix, this time returning BookofTaiyou to the top of his Deck. He activated Prohibition and declared EffectVeiler for the card he’d prohibit. He removed A/D Changer to flip MorphingJar, and Chained Book of Eclipse. He flipped UpstartGoblin to draw a card, then Set another Spell or Trap, then another. He flipped CardDestruction, and Brown Special Summoned 2 FluffTokens as he discarded Dandylion. Cooper flipped MagicalMallet next, sending 2 cards back to his Deck to draw 2 more. He activated another Mallet next, this time sending just 1 card back to his deck for a single draw. He Set a Spell or Trap and activated another Taiyou to flip MorphingJar, and chained Eclipse once again! He discarded DeepDiver for another A Feather of the Phoenix, returning Eclipse to the top of his Deck, and Set 2 more cards to his back row. He flipped another Taiyou, flipping MorphingJar, and both Duelists drew another 5 cards each. Cooped used another BookofEclipse, then discarded 2 copies of Pot of Duality to get back CardDestruction. He activated, digging further into both Duelist’s decks. UpstartGoblin got him another draw, and he discarded for A Feather of the Phoenix to get CardDestruction back to the top of his Deck. Another Taiyou and a CardDestruction later and it was all over!

Paul Cooper takes the third and final Duel of the Match, devastating Francisco Brown’s Fableds with his Deck Destruction strategy!